Vocabulary Workshop Unit 4

Question 1

Annul

Answer 1

to reduce to nothing; to make ineffective or inoperative; to declare legally invalid or void

Question 2

Blasé

Answer 2

indifferent, bored as result of having enjoyed many pleasures; apathetic

Question 3

Bolster

Answer 3

to support, give a boost to; a long pillow or cushion; a supporting post

Question 4

Deplore

Answer 4

to feel or express regret or disapproval

Question 5

Frivolous

Answer 5

of little importance, not worthy of serious attention; not meant seriously

Question 6

Muster

Answer 6

to bring together for service or battle; to gather or summon; to amount to, comprise, include; a list of military personnel; a gathering, accumulation

Question 7

Nonentity

Answer 7

a person or thing of no importance

Question 8

Obsess

Answer 8

to trouble, haunt, or fill the mind

Question 9

Ornate

Answer 9

elaborately decorated, showily splendid

Question 10

Oust

Answer 10

to remove, drive out of a position or place

Question 11

Peruse

Answer 11

to read thoroughly and carefully

Question 12

Porous

Answer 12

full of tiny holes; able to be penetrated by air or watter

Question 13

Promontory

Answer 13

a high point of land extending into water

Question 14

Prone

Answer 14

lying face down; inclined, likely

Question 15

Qualm

Answer 15

a pang of conscience, uneasiness, misgiving, or doubt; a feeling of faintness or nausea

Question 16

Recourse

Answer 16

a person or thing turned to for help or advice; the act of seeking help or protection

Question 17

Residue

Answer 17

a remainder, that which remains when a part has been used up or removed

Question 18

Solicitous

Answer 18

showing concern or care; fearful or anxious about someone or something

Question 19

Staid

Answer 19

serious and dignified; quiet or subdued in character or conduct

Question 20

Sustain

Answer 20

to support, nourish, keep up; to suffer, undergo; to bear up under, withstand; to affirm the validity of